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Most NJ, NY & CT businesses are paying for Microsoft 365 Business Premium or E-series licenses and using email, Teams meetings, and not much else. Book a free M365 assessment and find out what full deployment and administration would unlock — and what the security gaps in your current configuration look like.
No disruption. No lengthy onboarding. A fast, smooth transition to a partner that has your back from day one.
A Gradius M365 specialist assesses your current environment — what platform you're migrating from (or what's currently in M365), security configuration gaps, what features are deployed vs. licensed but unused, compliance requirements for your industry, and what full M365 services would deliver for your organization. At no cost, no obligation.
A Microsoft 365 services program covering your lifecycle stage — migration from the current platform if needed, security baseline configuration at deployment, ongoing tenant administration, compliance configuration for applicable regulatory requirements, and M365 support and training. Flat-rate, single partner across every stage.
Our engineers deploy, configure, and meet your team — typically live within 1–2 weeks without disrupting daily operations.
Post-deployment: tenant continuously administered, security maintained, Secure Score tracked, licenses optimized, compliance configuration kept current with regulatory requirements, and M365 support available with under-15-minute response. Quarterly M365 reviews incorporate new Microsoft capabilities and assess whether the platform configuration reflects the organization's current needs.
Gradius Microsoft 365 services cover the full lifecycle: migration and deployment — planning and executing migrations from Google Workspace, on-premises Exchange, hosted email providers, or other platforms, including mailbox migration, file migration to SharePoint and OneDrive, and post-migration validation; setup and security configuration — Conditional Access, MFA enforcement, legacy authentication blocking, DMARC/DKIM/SPF, Defender for Office 365, SharePoint governance, admin account protection; ongoing administration — user lifecycle (provisioning and deprovisioning), Exchange Online (mailboxes, distribution lists, mail flow), Teams and SharePoint governance, license management; M365 security — Conditional Access policy management, Defender configuration, Secure Score improvement; compliance and governance — Purview retention policies, eDiscovery, DLP, Business Associate Agreements for healthcare; and M365 support and training — help desk for M365 issues and user training on platform features. Flat-rate.
M365 migration timelines depend on the source platform and organization size. From Google Workspace for organizations under 50 users: 2–4 weeks for email and calendar migration, longer if Google Drive to SharePoint file migration is included. From on-premises Exchange (small to mid-size organizations): 2–4 weeks for a cutover migration, or 4–8 weeks for a hybrid migration that allows a phased transition. From hosted email providers (GoDaddy, Rackspace, etc.): 1–3 weeks. File server migration to SharePoint: 2–6 weeks depending on data volume and permission complexity. The migration timeline is driven primarily by validation — Gradius validates data at each stage before proceeding to ensure nothing is lost before the source platform is decommissioned. Organizations are not left without email during migration; the approach maintains email access throughout with a planned cutover window, typically over a weekend.
The right Microsoft 365 plan depends on what features the organization needs. Microsoft 365 Business Basic ($6–7/user/month) includes Exchange Online email, Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive — sufficient for organizations that primarily need email and basic collaboration. Microsoft 365 Business Standard ($12–15/user/month) adds the desktop Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and additional Teams features. Microsoft 365 Business Premium ($22–26/user/month) adds Intune for device management and Defender for Business for endpoint security — the most cost-effective plan for organizations that need endpoint security as part of their M365 investment. Microsoft 365 E3 and E5 are enterprise licensing tiers that add advanced compliance, security, and analytics features appropriate for larger or more regulated organizations. Gradius assesses which plan tier is appropriate for each employee role — some users may need Business Premium while others need only Business Basic — and manages the license mix to balance cost with capability.
Yes — Google Workspace to Microsoft 365 is one of the most common migrations Gradius executes for NJ, NY & CT businesses. The migration covers Gmail to Exchange Online (including full email history), Google Calendar to Outlook Calendar, Google Drive and Shared Drives to SharePoint and OneDrive, and Google Contacts to Microsoft Contacts. Gradius plans the migration with a data inventory that identifies what needs to migrate and in what order, validates data integrity at each stage, and manages the cutover so the organization transitions on a planned schedule rather than discovering data that didn't migrate after the fact. The transition includes configuring M365 to the security baseline from day one — so the organization arrives at Microsoft 365 with security properly configured, not on defaults.
No long-term lock-ins. We offer month-to-month and annual agreements. Organizations stay with Gradius Microsoft 365 services because the migration was clean, the platform is secured, the administration is current, and the M365 investment is delivering its full value. We earn the renewal every month through performance.
We serve 12+ industries in NJ, NY & CT including healthcare, legal, financial services, construction, manufacturing, real estate, insurance, architecture, professional services, restaurants, nonprofits, and general business — each with specialized compliance and operational expertise built in.
Gradius IT Solutions serves businesses throughout the Tri-State area. Click your city to find dedicated Microsoft 365 Services resources for your area.